Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pot

~1 n 1 »TEA/COFFEE« a container with a handle and a small tube for pouring, used to make tea or coffee 2 »COOKING« a container used for cooking which is round, deep, and usually made of metal  (The sink was full of dirty pots and pans.) 3 »STORING FOOD« a glass or clay container used for storing food  (a jam pot | a pot of honey) 4 »FOR A PLANT« a container for a plant, usually made of plastic or baked clay 5 »BOWL« a dish, bowl, plate or other container that is made by shaping clay and then baking it 6 have pots of BrE informal to have a lot of something, especially money  (Julie's Dad's got pots of money!) 7 go to pot informal if something such as a place or an organization goes to pot, it becomes much worse because no one is interested in looking after it or making it work  (This government has let the whole country go to pot.) 8 »DRUG« old-fashioned marijuana 9 »STOMACH« informal a large rounded stomach that sticks out; potbelly 10 »CARD GAMES« the pot all the money that people have risked in a game of cards, especially poker (1) 11 the pot calling the kettle black informal used to say that you should not criticize someone for a fault that you also have 12 take a pot at informal to shoot at something without aiming carefully  (- see also chamber pot, melting pot) ~2 v potted, potting 1 to shoot at animals in order to kill them  (Giles was out with his gun, potting rabbits.)  (- see also pot shot) 2 to put a plant in a pot filled with soil  (- see also potted (1)) 3 to hit a ball into one of the bags at the edge of the table in games such as billiards, pool1 (3), and snooker1 (3) pot sth on phr v BrE to move a plant into a large pot because it has grown too big for the pot it is in